The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-25

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* appropriated for kindly gifts from a
father to his children, from brother to
sister from friend to friend And every
gift given with true Christmas re-
memorance, brings the mind to think
of that great gift which embraces a
others, for if He freely gave us HIS
only Son How shall H 4 not with HIM
also freely give us all things"
Brightet and BEST of the sons of the
| DaW iOn our darkness and lend us their
| aid
Star ri the east, the horizon adjoining,
| rolht where our blessed Redeemer is
Christmas corations for the
| churches lave taken the time Of those
who could give it the past week. In
the Episcop | and Roman Catho ic
| churches great pains are taken with The
| decorations, and ne services for toIdal
Will be unusually bright ana beautiful.
rhe mu &c at st. Ma ks Cathedral will
be especially attractive, as DR.. Hamil
ton, the organl>t. has spared neither
| time nor practice In It's preparation.
The following utiful description of
our savior. whose oIrth we, together
with the many millions of Christians
throughout the world. joyfully com
memorate to-day. is said to have been
und in a manuscript written By Lu-
ciUs Lentulss, President of Judea, to
the Roman Senate while our Lord So
lOurned among men:
There is at present a man
in Judea of singular character.
whose name Is Jesus Christ. The
oarbarlaDs esteem him as a prophet, but
his followers ADORE bin rs The i'm
mediate IF priug Of the immortal God
de Is endowed with such unparalleled
virtue as To Call back the dead from the
grave, and heal every kind of disease
wi b word or touch. His person is
tall and elegantly shaped, his aspec
mild and reserved. His BAR flows i,
those beautiful shades which no united |
colors can match, falling in graceful |
curls below his ears, agreeably touch |
fng Op his shoulders and par lag on the
crown of his mead, like ne head dress |
of Nazarenes. HIS forehead is smooth |
aud large; his chrek without spot, are |
OF a lovely red; his mouth and nose are |
finished with exquisite symmetry; his
beard Is thick ana suitable TO the color
Of his hair, reaching little below the
chin and parting the middle like
FORK; his eyes tire large, bright |
and serene. de rebukes with mildneSs
and invites with rha mosr persuasive
language. His whole address, whether
IN words or leeds, oelag elegant, grave
and strictly cha &C eristic of an exalted
being. No man has ever seen him
augh, but the whole world beheld him
weep; AND SO persuasive are his tears
hat one cannot retr in from Joining in
with him. He IS mod st,
e mperate and wise; and whatever the
may turn out in the end.
le seem q being OF excellent beauty
md divine pertection-ln every respect
the children of men,"
NOTES.
THE name of Wesley now rallies more
blowers than tnat OF any single name
ssOcIsted with Christianity other than
hat OF Christ Himself.
THE number of Samaritans is now re-
small. In Ntoius. the old
lchem, there still remain only about
30 of these historic people.
The inestimabIe blessings Of family
prayer cannot oe told III words That
Iouse and home is almost sure of uu-
roken blessing where God is SO hOnored
nd sought after.
The Emperor and Empress of Brazil
re going to visit Palestine. She goes
urely in the spirit of a pious Pilgrim.
lie is inspired by mixture of religious
I'd scientific motives.
DURING the reign of Queen Victoria
he Church of England mas built + .UOO
hurches and Places of worship. Seven
loCeses have been created. and $405-
90 600 subscribed voluntarily il the
asst twenty FIVE years for church pur-
oses.
A PARoCHIAL mission was held in the
Episcopal churches of st. Louis the
rst two weeks in:Advent from NoVem-
er 9th to December 18th. The Church.
IAN says: 1T undoubtedly accom-
lished the first great work OF g mission
il: Deepening the spiritual life Of
hurch folk and arousing them to the
ppreciation Of their duty"
SUPERINTENDENT ILIFF, of the MethO-
list Episcopal Missions, returned yes
erday from Trip to northern Utah
md southern Idaho. He found the
lew church at Alb on about com
,leted. 1t is a neat brick structure,
md q credit to the generous people of
Albion and Cassia County VINO are
literally toward the
The doctor says riding
blackboard with the thermometer below
ero brings forcibly to mind his early
as a circuit rider, in
Montana. Dr.. Tiff breaches In the new
scandinavian church to-day ct IL M,
Ind at the Eleventh Ward Mission
chapel at I. 80 D. m, to which the public
.re cordially invited.
A FEW years ago it was thought i'm
proper for woman to be oreign mis-
lionary unless she we're mIssionary's
wife Now there are 2,400 unmarried
women in the mission field.
The English Church receives in tithes
lbout $50 000,0 900 year. OF this amount
IS 0G0,O 900 is expended in schools, hos
Jitals, church uildings, etc., and the
15,OOO. 900 goes to pay the
Jalaries OF the clergy.
THE queens of the world have been
making some stir lately. Queen Mar
sherita, of Italy, we hear, has collected
! large Hebrew library, with the latest
works on Jewish literature. She is said
20 DE proficient in Hebrew, and reads
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